Foreign Awards
Specific foreign awards are not mentioned on the Order of Wear - just the general comment that foreign awards appear after the awards mentioned.
However, the following are international and foreign honours commonly awarded to Australians for various reasons.
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Commandeur | Legion of Honour - awarded for Excellent civil or military conduct delivered | France |
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Chevalier | ||
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Distinguished Service Order (Military) | Singapore | |
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Meritorious Service Medal (Military) | ||
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Order of National Security Merit - usually awarded for joint operations | South Korea | |
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Civil | Order of the British Empire - awarded for Miscellaneous (civil or military) service | United Kingdom |
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Commander | Legion of Merit - awarded to senior defence commanders | United States |
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Officer | ||
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Meritorious Service Medal - usually awarded for joint operations | ||
For foreign awards commonly awarded to Australians for campaign and peacekeeping service please refer to the list on Australian Campaign Medals.
Read more about this topic: Australian Honours Order Of Precedence
Famous quotes containing the word foreign:
“Man-in-seed, in seed-at-zero,
From the star-flanked fields of space,
Thunders on the foreign town
With a sand-bagged garrison....”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)